The 2019 Egyptian Efficient Energy Converters Challenges - (EEEC'19)
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Invitation for Proposals (IFP)
The 2019 Egyptian
Efficient Energy Converters
Challenges
(EEEC’19)
A student competition sponsored by
Power Electronics Society-Egypt Chapter
The Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers
(PELS – EGY IEEE)
March 2019
Supported by IEEE Conference on Power Electronics and
Renewable Energy (CPERE)
http://www.ieee-cpere.org/Students_Competition.htmlCompetition and Proposal Requirements
General Information
Competition Title: 2019 Egyptian Efficient Energy Converters (EEEC) Student Competition
Topic Areas:
1. Battery chargers
2. LED drivers
Challenge Program Awards
Grand Prize LE 10,000
Outstanding Performance Award LE 6,000
Best Innovative Design of Power Electronics Converters Award LE 3,000
In addition to free invitation (3 members) to attend the IEEE Conference on Power
Electronics and Renewable Energy (CPERE 2019), Movenpick Hotel, Aswan, Oct. 23-25,
2019.
Outside Support
Individual schools should solicit project funding from companies, foundations, utilities,
manufacturers, government agencies, or other sources. There is no limitation for the sources of
project funding.
Who can Participate?
Group participation (5 persons max) by undergraduate engineering students enrolled in
Engineering programs in Egypt is eligible. Within each group, a maximum of one student
enrolled in a M.Sc./Ph. D. of Engineering program may be allowed.
How to Participate?
Participation is on a proposal basis. Schools that are interested must submit a proposal before
the proposal deadline. Proposals will be judged by a distinguished panel of volunteer experts.
Schools with successful proposals will be notified according to the announced date as indicated
in the Calendar Dates section below. Student teams will then carry out the work and prepare
hardware prototypes and reports. Deadline for the progress reports and qualification reports are
listed under Calendar Dates section. The reports will be judged by a panel of expert
professionals. The panel will select a group of teams as finalists based on the progress and
qualifying reports. Feedback will be given to the team to improve the system.A semi-final will
be held in Cairo, Egypt to test the prototypes and evaluate the reports to select short-listed
finalists. The short-listed finalists will compete in a final competition in the IEEE conference
on Power Electronics and Renewable Energy (CPERE 2019) to be held in Aswan in the period
from October 23-25, 2019, where the rank of the competing teams will be decided by a group
of national and international experts.Criteria of Evaluation
Student team project results will be judged based on cost effectiveness, performance, quality
of the prototype, engineering reports, adherence to rules and deadlines, innovation, and future
promise. The following are the specifications of each topic:
Specifications for the Battery Charger Project
This task involves the design and implementation of a 24V/5A Battery Charger according to
the following specifications:
Main specifications:
Input voltage Output Voltage Output Current range
Single-phase, 220 V+
29V + 0.2V 5A + 0.2A
10V, 50 Hz
Output Characteristics
Item Technical specifications
Constant current (CC) stage 5A
Constant voltage (CV) stage 29V + 0.2V
Cut-off 29V, 0.25A (5% CC)
Power efficiency >90%
Protection characteristics
Item Technical specifications
Over voltage protection Include
Software over voltage The charger software should be able to limit the maximum
protection output voltage to a level suitable for the connected battery
system
Thermal protection Include
Current limiting protection Include
Short circuit protection This should be automatically recovered after removal of the
fault condition
Reverse polarity protection The charger will not operate when output wires are
reversely connected to the battery.
Other specifications
Item Technical specifications
Dimension: L*W*H Less than 150×100×50 mm
Net Weight Less than 1 Kg
Charging indicators For: Power on, charging, and Fully charged
LCD display LCD display is included to monitor the charging parameters
Communication port to remotely monitor the charging
Communication
parameters
Input socket It should meet IEC standardSpecifications for the LED Driver Project:
This task involves the design and implementation of a 75W LED driver according to following
specifications:
Item Technical specifications
Power Consumption 75.0 Watts
Input Voltage 220 V, 50 Hz
Input Current =0.90
Efficiency >= 90%
Short Circuit Protection, Overload Protection, Overheat
Protection Function
Protection
Dimming Non-dimmable
Dimension: L*W*H Less than 200×65×35 mm
Net Weight Less than 350 g
Communications Optional
B. Administrative Considerations and Limitations
This section describes the limitations placed on the proposal. Compliance is mandatory.
Language Proposals must be written in English.
Length Proposals are limited to 12 single-sided double-spaced pages of
text, figures, and appendices. The page size must be 8.5" x 11"
or A4 and the font size must be 12 points. Margins should be at
least 25 mm from all sides. The Preliminary Team Information
Form, Support from the school, government entities, or private
sector organizations will not count in the proposal length.
Authors Proposals are to be prepared by the student teams in
collaboration with the faculty advisors.
Signatures Proposals must be signed by all authors of the proposal (or
thestudent team leader) and the faculty advisor.
Proposals must be accompanied by a letter of support from
Letter of Support
anappropriate Dean, Department Chair, or other authorized
school official. The letter must confirm the school’s
commitment to participate. It must also state the type(s) and
value of support from the institution. School support should
match the value of cash andin-kind support from the team's
principal sponsors. Additional letters of support from other team
sponsors are optional. A sample letter is provided as Attachment
II.
Preliminary Team Submit one copy of the Preliminary Team Information
Data Form(Attachment I) with the proposal, then an updated copy
with theprogress reports to the address below. This form does
not count inthe 12-page limit.Due Date All proposals must be received at the address below by close of
business on May 26, 2019 for full consideration.
Contents The proposal content should include the following items:
1. Team Organization & Faculty support
a. Undergraduate Team
b. Faculty Support
c. Graduate Student Support
2. Introduction
3. Proposed Idea and Initial Design
4. Modeling and Simulation (if available)
5. Preliminary Results (if available)
6. Conclusions and Future Work
The electronic copy of the proposal in PDF format must be
Proposal Submission
submitted on the conference website
https://edas.info/newPaper.php?c=25938
Choose/Submit under “National Student Competition”
C. Task submission:
1. A Facebook group is to be created for each problem, so, the members of each team
exchange and share the experience with each other, creating constructive discussions.
2. After 2 months of work, the teams will be asked to submit a video by uploading it to a
drive link. The video must clarify their progress and explain what they will have
achieved till then. In addition, a progress report is to be submitted by mail as indicated
in the calendar events.
3. Through the week after the video’s submission, there will be another filtration process
to shortlist teams for each topic based on their progress report.
D. The semi-final stage:
1. The qualified teams for each problem will be asked to continue working on their
solutions till the semi-final day of the competition that is expected to be in August.
2. Each team will be given time to give out a presentation after which they will answer
questions verbally from the judge panel. The team’s hardware will also be tested against
the announced hardware specifications.
3. Short-listed teams will be selected in the semi-final stage.
4. The place of the semi-final competition will be announced later.E. The Final Stage:
The final competition will take place during the IEEE conference on Power Electronics
and Renewable Energy (CPERE 2019) to be held in Aswan in the period from October
23-25, 2019. The short-listed teams will be offered free registration and accommodation
to attend the conference. The teams will go through a final competition to select three
finalists by a panel of national and international experts.Calendar Events
Sunday, 24 March 2019 Invitation for proposals (IFP) posted.
Sunday, 30 June 2019 Initial Proposals Submission Deadline
Schools informed of acceptance into the
Sunday, 7 July 2019
competition.
Thursday, 1 August 2019 Progress reports due
Qualification reports due (Qualification
reports must include preliminary
Sunday, 1 September 2019 experimental results. It is limited to 25
single-column pages total, including all
diagrams, attachments, and appendices).
Last week of September 2019 (Exact day semi-final competition and short-listed
will be announced later) competitors’ announcement.2019 International Future Energy Challenge
Organizing Committee
Steering Committee
Steering Committee Chair:
Prof. Mohammed Orabi
Dept. Of Electrical Engineering, Faculty of Engineering,
Aswan University, Egypt
Tel: (+20)1001885361
Email: morabi@apearc.aswu.edu.eg
Prof. Naser Abdel-Rahim
FutureUniversity in Egypt
Department of Electrical Engineering
Phone: (+20)1004605001
Email: nser.abdelrahim@fue.edu.eg
Prof. Mostafa Saad Abdallah Hamad
Professor
Arab Academy for Science and Technology and Maritime Transport
Abu Kir Campus
Alexandria
Email: mostafahamad@aast.edu
Dr. Amgad Eldeib
Assistant. Professor
Zewailcity for science and technology
Renewable Energy engineering department
Phone: (+20)1222211612
E-mail: aeldeib@zewailcity.edu.eg
Dr. Abdelmomen Mahgoub
Assistant Professor
Cairo University, Faculty of Engineering
Electrical power engineering
Phone: (+20)1014822929
E-mail: abdelmomen.mahgoub@cu.edu.egATTACHMENT I
2019 Egyptian Efficient Energy Converters
Preliminary Team Information Form
Topic (X)
Submit with Proposal
NAME OF UNIVERSITY:
CORRESPONDING ADDRESS (PLEASE INCLUDE NAME):
TELPHONE:
FAX:
EMAIL:
Faculty Advisor(S):
Name Department E-Mail
Preliminary Team Members:
Name Major Field of Study Degree and Expected
Graduation DateATTACHMENT II
LETTER OF SUPPORT
Submit with Proposal
[The letter below is a typical sample and should not simply be copied. Please send a letter
with similar content on your university letterhead.]
For Topic (A/B) ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------:
To:
Prof. Mohammed Orabi
IEEE PELS- Egypt Chapter Chair
Dear Egyptian Efficient Energy Converters Chair,
Our university has organized a student team to participate in the 2019 Efficient Energy
Converters********. Our proposal for the topic (X) is enclosed. A Preliminary Team
Participation Form is attached, listing our contact person, the faculty advisor(s), and some of the
students who plan to be involved. The team will keep an eye on the Energy Challenge web site for
detailed rules and other information. We understand that we will be notified whether we have been
accepted to participate by May 9, 2019. If we are accepted, we agree to have our student team
perform the design tasks and prepare the reports and hardware prototypes required for the
competition. Our school is prepared to support the team with the following resources:
• A faculty advisor, Prof. XXX, has been identified, and has been formally assigned to teach
the project course and to advise the student team as a portion of his/her regular duties.
• A graduate student assistant has been identified to help manage the student team and to
supervise direct laboratory activity.
• The student team will be provided with an appropriate level of technician and machine shop
support to assist them with package preparation and assembly. This assistance represents a
funding commitment of approximately EGPX, and we consider this as a matching
commitment for any in-kind support received from external sponsors.
• In addition, we will provide limited funds to help secure special parts and equipment, with
a total commitment of up to EGPX.
• The student team will be encouraged to secure outside sponsorship.
We understand the importance of student team projects in the engineering curriculum and look
forward to our participation in the 2019 Egyptian Efficient Energy Converters.
Sincerely,
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